Document Type

Article

Publication Version

Version of Record

Publication Date

Spring 2008

Keywords

deer–vehicle collision, human–wildlife confl ict, Odocoileus virginianus, regression modeling, South Dakota, white-tailed deer

Abstract

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) mortalities (n = 4,433) caused by collisions with automobiles during 2003 were modeled in 35 counties in eastern South Dakota. Seventeen independent variables and 5 independent variable interactions were evaluated to explain deer mortalities. A negative binomial regression model (Ln Y = 1.25 – 0.12 [percentage tree coverage] + 0.0002 [county area] + 5.39 [county hunter success rate] + 0.0023 [vehicle proxy 96–104 km/hr roads], model deviance = 33.43, χ2 = 27.53, df = 27) was chosen using a combination of a priori model selection and AICc. Management options include use of the model to predict road mortalities and to increase the number of hunting licenses, which could result in fewer DVCs.

Publication Title

Human-Wildlife Conflicts

Volume

2

Issue

1

First Page

48

Last Page

59

Pages

12

Format

application/pdf

Language

en

Publisher

John H. Berryman Institute, Utah State University

Rights

Copyright © 2008 Jack H. Berryman Institute at Utah State University. Posted with permission.

Comments

This work is from Human-Wildlife Conflicts (2008) 2(1):48–59.

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